Our Latest Meads

Our meads are made with fresh, unprocessed raw honey, and using local fruits. We want to support our region's economy, while making the best wine possible! Prices range from 19.95 to 23.95 (in tasting room), depending on the amount of local produce, and the source of raw honey in the mead.

A special limited release mead will be made 4-5 times per year.

Our Current Lineup (Dec 2017):

Listed Dry to Sweet

Choate Bridge Cyser: ABV 13.7%

Made in honor of my great Uncle John Choate, who was the supervisor during the construction of the first double arched stone bridge in America. The bridge was completed in 1764. Ipswich celebrated the 250th anniversary of the bridge in 2015.

This is a "Cyser" (mead and apples), made with fresh pressed, Massachusetts grown apples. Get a blast of apple flavor and touch of fall with this mead, one of our lighter elixirs. Perfect for a hot summer day, or a lighter winter wine. This is one of our dryer meads. Think a combination of a hard cider and a mead!

Devil's Footprint: ABV 14.1%

A devily delightful sipping mead. Blueberries, raspberry and blackberries locally sourced from Cider Hill Farm (Amesbury) and Nourse Farms (Deerfield) were fermented with raw local honey to make this dry, tart mead. And a great local historic story to go along with the name!

Wicked Wench: ABV 12.7%

Semi-sweet traditional mead made with northshore MA wildflower honey. It does not get more local, or better, than this!

Serendipity: ABV 13.5%

Ginger Pear Mead with a great story. Made with local honey, "Clapp's Favorite" pear, and locally sourced ginger (yes they grow that here!).

In The Orchard:ABV 13.2%

A semi-sweet apple mead (sweeter than our other cyser) made with local cider, local honey, and aged with Indonesian cinnamon. This a must after a day apple picking in New England! Yum!

Beewitched: ABV 12.7%

We had been selling a dry and a sweet traditional mead since we opened. A traditional, or "show" mead is a mead that is just fermented honey. You "show" off the characteristics of the honey. We thought we needed a middle sweetness mead between our other two. So we came up with Beewitched! A Semi-sweet clover honey mead. Made with fresh, raw Maine clover honey. You got it- the ingredients are honey, water and yeast!! If dry or sweet is not your thing, give this a try! Plus, there is a great story to go with it!

Strawberry Fields:ABV 14.7%

Mounds of beautiful, locally grown, red fragrant berries make this mead one of our stand outs. On the tongue, the berry flavor explodes and gives the imbiber thoughts strawberry festivals and early summer. We have added a hint of cinnamon that lingers on your palate. This mead is a semi-sweet wine, that has been sweetened with honey to balance the tartness of the berri

Craneberry Mead:-Yummy in the Tummy! Local cranberries from Carver MA and local honey are used to make this seasonally appropriate mead. Somewhat tart, somewhat sweet, but definitely delicious. This mead has been aged for over a year! Small batch only for the fall season.

Viking Victory:ABV 15.5%

A spiced mead (metheglin) made with bamboo honey. Perfect for sipping while sitting in front of the fireplace! Mulled with Nutmeg, Allspice, Cinnamon and Cloves. Get ready to go pillaging!

This mead flys off the shelf. A good go to if you want a traditional style of mead that has been around for centuries! Because you always wanted to be a Viking...

Raspberry Delight:ABV 15.0%

Plump local Raspberries combined with fresh summer honey. Oh my gosh this smells good right out of the fermenter! This mead has been described as "Dangerously Delicious"! It exactly what you would expect from a mead made with fresh local honey and raspberries from a local family owned farm!

COMING SOON:

Orange Elation:ABV 13.3%

We went out of the area for the orange blossom honey in this straight up mead, but we think you'll agree, this mead is a staple of any wine cellar! Too bad we don't grow orange trees here in New England! If you have never tried mead, start here! This is the sweetest of all of our meads, and one of our best sellers.

Mother Clucker - a gooseberry and red current mead coming in January.

OTHER MEADS

Citrus Breeze: SOLD OUTABV 13.1%

Basil lovers unite! Honey and fresh naval oranges are combined with local sweet and lemon basil. Sit on the deck, lean back and enjoy! Or have with a pasta dish, pizza, or some Thai food! Yummy! You have to try this one to appreciated it.

Last summer, a popular drink was adding a dash of gin, and a slice of orange for a superb cocktail. Use your imagination!

Puritan Pride: SOLD OUTABV 14.7%

Just like the puritans of old, nothing fancy here! Local wildflower honey is fermented with a specially chosen yeast to produce a mead of wonderfully balanced flavors and the highest quality and quaff-ability! Made with dark fall honey, this mead is fermented dry and aged on American Oak. We keep it local here, and this is made with Ipswich's own honey!

If you really want to be a Viking, this is a good start...

Jason's Blunder: SOLD OUTABV 14.3%

A mistake gone good. An accidental combining of our cranberry and strawberry meads, with the raspberry added as a balancer, the mead drinker is introduced to sweet red berry delight! A terrible mistake that has gone good. We made Jason write the label, so you will have to read it to get his full story!

Lightkeeper - SOLD OUT

Local blueberries are fermented with local honey and then we carefully add fresh pressed lemon juice to get a great balance of tart and sweet.

Serendipity: SOLD OUT ABV 13.5%

Ginger Pear Mead with a great story. Made with local honey, "Clapp's Favorite" pear, and locally sourced ginger (yes they grow that here!).

Blueberry Dream: SOLD OUT ABV 14.3%

Blueberries, from Cider Hill Farms in Amesbury, have been fermented with raw Massachusetts honey. This year we also added some low bush blueberries from Maine to increase the blueberry color and flavor. This is one of our favorite products- always jumping with flavor, this provides thoughts of a late summer rest in a hammock. We strive to capture the true blueberry flavor, with careful crafting. This a dryer mead with a hint of sweetness.

Strhuberry: SOLD OUT ABV 13.3%

A strawberry rhubarb mead. Fresh local strawberries, and rhubarb from local gardens. Need I say more? A bit tart, a bit sweet, and a definite fan favorite. Think Grandma's pie, but not too sweet.

Friar Luke's: SOLD OUT ABV 18.0%

Only one barrel of this special mead has been made. Goldenrod honey mead aged for 22 months with both black and white cardamon spice. Made in style more similar to the first mead Dan ever had, from Denmark, this is an after dinner sipping mead to enjoy with friends!